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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A conference for business owners on how to obtain government contracts will be held Thursday in Clovis Community College’s Town Hall. Titled “How to Get Through the Government Contracting Door,” the conference will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Topics will include the state of New Mexico’s procurement assistance program, Small Business Administration Programs, and marketing and the federal supply services for the General Services Administration. “This is a conference for people who want to do business with, or to increase...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of question and answer sessions with county office candidates. The county treasurer’s duties include collecting taxes in the county and maintaining a bond fund account and a general fund account. The treasurer also is responsible for the safekeeping, disbursement and payment of the collected money, said County Treasurer Linda Hall. Rhonda Bookout and Beni Dampier are Republicans running against each other in the June 1 primary. Rachel Toney is a Democrat and will run unopposed in...
Members of Clovis Pride told city commissioners Thursday they would be out in force on June 12 to help clean up the city. Clovis Pride board member Len Vohs said the group — along with city employees — will form a “posse” that will go up and down city streets identifying houses, businesses, even city facilities that violate city codes governing litter and derelict buildings. They will then turn the names and addresses over to the city’s inspection division, which may issue citations, he said. Vohs said Clovis Pride decided t...
A manufacturer of animal food is one of two companies that have indicated an interest in moving to Clovis, thanks to the Southwest Cheese Co. plant, said Chase Gentry, executive director of the Clovis Industrial Development Corporation. International Ingredients is in discussions with Clovis city officials to build a $13 million to $15 million plant south of the Southwest Cheese plant, Gentry said. If an agreement is reached, the company would like to start operations in October 2005, at the same time the cheese plant opens....
Increased estimates are causing county officials to question whether they can complete plans to remodel the fairgrounds rodeo arena, proposed as a cheap way to build a county special events center. An estimate for a metal building that would be part of the proposed remodeling has come back at twice the original estimate, county officials said. Now the commissioners want to hire an architect or engineer to draw up plans and obtain hard numbers for the project, they said. The county has $3 million available to build a special...
Area Manager John Rink stands in front of the future site of Pizza Hut, on the 1200 block of West 21st Street. CNJ staff photo: Jack King. A Clovis Pizza Hut is delivering itself to a new location. John Rink, general manager of Clovis’ Pizza Huts, said moving one restaurant from 1301 Mabry Drive to the 1200 block of West 21st Street is part of an ongoing process of remodeling and upgrading all local Pizza Huts. Bravo Enterprises, the Plainview, Texas, company that owns eight of the pizza restaurants in west Texas and e...
Alta Cole, a van driver for Curry County’s Maternal-Child Health Council program, left, talks with Jessica Hernandez, of Texico, as she takes Hernandez to a doctor’s appointment Wednesday in Clovis. (staff photo: Eric Kluth) Nine months pregnant, Clovis resident Myishia Cotton has no car and few relatives in Clovis. Without the help of Curry County’s Maternal-Child Health Council van program, she would have no way to get to the doctor, the hospital, the pharmacy or any of the other services that help ensure the health of he...
Some communities in the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority are gambling on growth to pay for their share of the Ute Water Pipeline, according to a study by a consultant to the project. The consultant, Jason Bass, an economist with Dornbusch Associates of Tucson, Ariz., said last week at least two communities in the project — Clovis and Tucumcari — have reserved more water in the project than they currently use. This could mean a burden on rate payers if the reserved water is not all purchased once the project is at ful...
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Ned Fuller told his audience at a Republican candidates’ forum Monday there is one cure for “fuzzy-headed liberalitis” — a full-judge transplant. Fuller, who is running for the state Supreme Court seat occupied by Richardson-appointee Edward Chavez, spoke to a meeting of the Curry County Republican Party on Monday evening at the Sundance Steakhouse. He said that in 2003 a Republican candidate for the Supreme Court lost by only 1,800 votes. “If 900 of those votes had switched it would...
Zia Elementary Principal Mel Mapes receives a present from second-grader Kelsey Knight at an assembly Friday afternoon to honor his recent retirement. CNJ staff photo: Mike Linn. About 420 highly enthusiastic first- through sixth-graders filled Zia Elementary’s gym Friday afternoon to raise their voices in praise of Mel Mapes, Zia’s principal who is retiring at the end of the school year. Tributes included everything from a proclamation read by Clovis Mayor David Lansford naming Friday “Mel Mapes Appreciation Day” to a bapti...
The City Commission approved three agreements related to launching the Southwest Cheese Plant in Curry County at its meeting Thursday. Unanimously approved were a project participation agreement, a memorandum of understanding and approval of preliminary engineering work on a pipeline and storage lagoon to handle the cheese plant’s wastewater discharge. Under the terms of the project participation agreement, the city of Clovis will pay Southwest Cheese $6,550,000 in city economic development tax funds, plus up to $250 m...
A 2003 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation economic analysis estimates the Ute Water Project could cost more than residents in many communities would be willing to pay. The study — written in May 2003 by Steven Piper, a BOR resource economist, for use in the project’s conceptual design — states Clovis residents would be willing to pay $114.54 more per year for project water, touted as an alternative to the imperiled Ogallala Aquifer. But estimates of the amount Clovis water rates would rise under the project range from $168 a year to...
CLOVIS — A 2003 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation economic analysis estimates the Ute Water Project could cost more than residents in many communities would be willing to pay. The study — written in May 2003 by Steven Piper, a BOR resource economist, for use in the project’s conceptual design — states Portales residents would be willing to pay $88.93 more per year for project water, touted as an alternative to the imperiled Ogallala Aquifer. But estimates of the amount Clovis water rates would rise under the project range from $1...
Julie Charters, a former accountant with the Bechtel Corporation and the wife of a Cannon Air Force Base pilot, has been hired as program manager for the Clovis Downtown Revitalization Program. “After a very extensive search of some great candidates, we decided that Julie was the best fit for our downtown program,” said Claire Burroughes, a CDRP board member and chairwoman of its organization subcommittee. “She has a lot of the skills we need in a project manager and we are delighted to have her on our team,” she added....
Jenny darted between owner and a rattlesnake. Jenny, a mixed-breed dog who died after shielding a Clovis second-grader from a rattlesnake, has received an international animal heroism award. The Elisabeth Lewyt Award for Heroic and Compassionate Animals, presented to 50 dogs and cats since 1999, is a collaboration of the North Shore Animal League of Port Washington, N.Y., and Animal People, a Clinton, Wash.-based animal newspaper. Named after a long-time board member, organizer and fund raiser for the animal league, the...
A mayor’s youth council and a city youth center are among the goals set by city officials Wednesday in a strategic planning session for city government. Other goals are continued work on efforts to get a sustainable water supply, completion of a salary and benefits package for city employees and continued efforts to address city transportation needs, including goals to improve city bus service and getting more connections for Clovis’ airport. Mayor David Lansford, city commissioners Isidro Garcia, Juan Garza, Catherine Hay...
County Commissioners approved issuing a $1.3 million gross receipts tax revenue bond Monday to fund building an annex for the county’s adult detention center. But, County Manager Geneva Cooper said, in order to afford the bond payments — while avoiding a deficit — the commission also must pass two proposed gross receipts tax increases. Cooper said construction on the annex should begin in mid-May. Contractors estimate the annex should be completed in 300 working days, she added. She said the bond will be paid off over 10 ye...
Clovis lodger’s tax board members heard requests for funding from 17 local project organizers at a board meeting at the Holiday Inn Monday. The lodger’s tax board distributes money, to be used only for promotional purposes, for events that bring tourists to Clovis. Board Chairman Brian Chambers said the board has $145,000 to distribute in fiscal 2004-2005 and has received about $233,000 worth of requests. The board members will continue considering the requests at a public meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall. A fin...
J Harden, of Albuquerque, looks to see if he hit the bell as he takes a shot at the strength test during the 2004 Prariedoggapalooza Saturday at Clovis Community College. CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth. Volunteers from all over Clovis picked up almost two tons of trash Saturday morning in the annual spring cleanup sponsored by the city’s “Keep Clovis Beautiful” program, said Robert Saiz, a heavy equipment operator at the city landfill. Parks and Recreation Director Rob Carter said participation is up in the event, which inclu...
Dr. Arnel Anthony S. Bobadilla, a physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care, laughs with co-workers after writing progress notes on a chart Thursday on the medical floor at Plains Regional Medical Center. (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth) Clovis hospital attracts seven new doctors during 15-month period. Plains Regional Medical Center officials are taking steps to meet the area’s physician shortage by actively recruiting doctors from all over the nation, hospital Administrator Brian Bentley said Thursday. In an on-going r...
Volunteers will spread out across Clovis Saturday to pick up trash, litter. Area residents will have yet another chance Saturday to earn the coveted Golden Dumpster award — given each spring and fall to the group that collects the most trash — during the annual spring “Great American Clean Up.” The clean up effort, sponsored by the city’s “Keep Clovis Beautiful” program, is a volunteer effort during which groups from all over Clovis get together to help beautify the city by picking up roadside litter. They are rewarded with...
After months of planning and years of consideration, the Curry and Roosevelt county United Ways have opted to consolidate. The board of the Curry County United Way approved a merger with the Roosevelt County United Way at their Monday meeting, a decision board members of the Roosevelt County branch approved by an 8-2 vote in March. RCUW President Rusty Galloway said his board has been considering the merger, or taking other steps, for its last two campaign years. In contrast to the CCUW, which has a small paid staff,...
Program shows methods by which students can learn on various levels. At Lincoln Jackson Elementary School Friday a group of Chris Harrell’s sixth-graders took the form live chess pieces, moving around on squares on the floor of the school gym. Some were kings, some were queens and some were knights, who once they were taken by another piece had to kneel to the victor and give up their swords. This wasn’t just an exercise in method acting, Harrell said. By studying chess moves, the students also were demonstrating a lesson in...
The City Commission gave initial approval Thursday night to the issuance of a $200 million industrial revenue bond to finance the construction of the Southwest Cheese Plant. A special commission meeting will be held May 13 to give final approval to the bond, commissioners said. The proposed bond purchase agreement is designed to give Southwest Cheese officials freedom from property taxes and some savings in sales taxes. The proposed agreement is part of an incentive package the city is offering Southwest Cheese, said city...
Overcrowding at the Curry County Adult Detention Center has caused the county to move inmates to jails in the panhandle of Texas. Faced with soaring numbers of jail inmates and plunging financial reserves, Curry County commissioners voted Wednesday to consider issuing $1.3 million worth of gross receipts tax revenue bonds to fund building an annex to the county jail. They won’t make a final decision on the bonds until after a public hearing scheduled for April 26 in the Curry County Courthouse. However, pending that f...
